what’s better than bumbling across a bunch of granite boulder rockstacles?
finding big areas of granite slabstacles for complete enjoyment and freedom of route finding
what beats the hell out of climbing service roads littered with rolling baby heads and moon dust at the hottest time of the day?
Rippin’ long swoopy fun trail through fern groves, under big trees, and across bridges. i suspect the trails were pretty much empty b/c lots of people aren’t interested in the putting in the time to get to the top of the hill
what could possibly be better than looking across the high country and picking out the peaks you’re about to spend your day riding around…
looking back at the peaks you crossed earlier in the day and all the fun you’ve had along the way
what could be more refreshing than scoring an ice lemonade after finishing 7ish hours of riding?
well, we had another 10 miles of our ride to do to find out…
beer on the beach and cold lake to swim in.
yup, that might’ve bested the lemonade
thanks again Nate and Jan (sp?). good ride!
ps- all pics in todays post were Nate’s taking
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Was that the Donner Rim Trail? Sounds fun!! Except for the babyhead fire road. That sounds sucky.
-M
Glad you guys got a burly ride in. We still missed ya down in Napa though.
GBG
i took the onespeed up to Mt Baldy 2day! such a long climb from the shire, but so much fun comin down. keep finding new trails!
gray creek drainage is worth explorin more.
i spent 3hrs 10min and 59sec drivin home and rode my bicycle for 4hrs 10min and 59sec.
out,
mike
the only mt. baldy i know of is near Santa Fe, NM - ahhh, the Windsor Trail, something like 12 to 20 creek crossings! (my memory fails me. it’s been a while)
i have history in the Grey Ck drainage. take a look at Topo’s hi-res maps of the N-fork of Grey’s to the West Fork of Grey’s. pretty much runs the Mt. Rose Wilderness boundary (depending on which map you look at) and shows “trail” connecting between the 2 w/ access to Juniper Ridge and Martis Pk area. let’s just say i had an adventure. it took me about 8 hours to carry my loaded touring mtb down that mother scratcher! on more than one occasion i saw something that looked like people had used the area before ie- old old rusty dutch oven, coffee pot, ancient trail tread falling to mass wasting. the rest of the time i was carrying a mtb with loaded touring panniers (on the bike or 1 at a time through Grey’s Ck) and constantly calling out, “hey bear, just me, too skinny to eat Japhy, i’ll be on my way.”
so if there is something fun to ride i’m all down with it. just make sure the turistas approach from the north fork of Grey’s Ck. should be a thin crowd from there on!
good hearing from you Nooner. let’s go shred!
it’s on the tahoe rim trail. between martis pk and i believe rifle pk. we’ve rallied it before… next to the boundary of the mt rose wilderness.
i’m off this comin tues through sun.
sounds like fun, i’d love to check it out. i’ll be out of state till next monday though, family time in MI then riding the Vapor Trail next weekend. let’s plan on a ride there in a few weeks. i bet it’s epic in the fall with all the aspens going off.